Well, I don´t have any technology stamps and of course those pictures of the new Magnolia stamp kit with the cute space Tilda were showing up right after I finished the card. But lucky me I have girls that love to craft! Natascha bought this stamp set by SU and I borrowed it. Since I didn´t want to make a technology only card I combined this robot girl with Waiting Tilda. The saying is also from the same set by SU. I had to combine two different stamps but I knew this is the saying I need to use here!

Hello dear friends and a warm welcome to the birthday blog hop of Stamps&Fun=Creativity! We´re celebrating our 1st birthday. And so we don´t have a challenge for you this week but presents. Right, what is a birthday without presents?

How it works? Visit each designteam member´s blog and leave a comment, also at the challenge blog. Beside a gift card from Elfe´s Bastelkiste - thanks for sponsoring us! - there is a little something given away on each of the individual blogs. You can see pictures of the prizes there. And this is what I picked for you:

I used an image by Belles´n´Whistles: A Blossom For You. Somehow my style is changing at the moment without me wanting it to - so for today I made a vintage styled card again. The idea of the film strip behind the image is something my husband came up with when he saw the sketch.

I used one of the newest images on this card: Puppy Love. I can´t find it in the Funkykits shop at the moment so it might be out of stock. But for sure it will be available again in a short time! This image is the perfect choice for any puppy lover - not only for christmas time! The holly leaves that are attached to the bone could easily be covered, i. e. with a bow.

While I colored the image I was thinking about how to make this card. Then this stamp wheel that Natascha bought some time ago came to my mind. I used the entire wheel on the twill tape and single paw prints for the flower centers and that little frame. Add some bone print paper by DCWV and a bone charm and the card is finished. And I also have an idea who to give it to... ;o)

Happy thursday! Sorry this post is a bit delayed but it´s a holiday today here in Germany and since nothing was waking me up I slept in a bit longer. But of course we have a new challenge for you over at Cute Card Thursday - it´s this sketch:

I went with this cute image by Mo Manning and made a summer card. Actually these are two digis, I just put the sand castle next to the girl. That gave me a chance to finally use this flip flop punch. I attached a seashell and a paddle charm to the tag on the left.

Matching the weather we had the last days I colored up this cutie in her rain coat. And to make my card not too sad I added that rainbow by Magnolia again. "Thanks for being my rainbow on a cloudy sky" was the perfect saying to use then. I stamped it on a brown tag and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. The tag and the papers - all but the one with the raindrops - are by Whiff Of Joy. Here´s another pic where you can see the tag:

I didnt´use my Copics for the coloring this time but Twinkling H2O. When we went to that fair at Stuttgart my girls did a coloring workshop with Katharina and since then we were hooked. So after some shopping and 120 colors also we can use these. I only need to find out which combinations work best.

Hello dear ones - here I am back again. Also at Belles´n´Whistles we have a new challenge up for you. The theme is "wing it" so include some wings on your card - butterflies, fairies, whatever you can think of.

I used Tilda Playing Hopscotch - one of my favourites from the last collection. And now I finally inked her up. I also had the perfect papers for this image - with hopscotch prints and little squares to cut out.Now that end of school is near you can´t have enough school-themed cards, right?

Hello friends! One day late I am sharing with you my project of this week´s issue of Stempeleinmaleins. We have Sonja as our guest this week and she is showing how to make this wonderful box for little notes.

I picked the colors that I have my craft rooms painted in and so this box will look beautiful on my table. Matching the theme I picked this Simply Sassy image by Sugar Nellie. The saying is computer generated and means "what you don´t have in mind... needs to be written up".

Oh, and since we´re talking about Copics at the moment I have some wonderful news to share with all of you Copic lovers: there is a european Copic blog in the planning at the moment. And I have been asked to join their team!!! Oh how awesome is this. But we need a few more people joining us and so here´s a call to all of you:

Blog team for Copiceurope blog wanted!

Hello, a new European COPIC marker blog will soon be launched. We will bring together paper crafters from all over Europe, who work with COPICS, in this blog. Blog entries will be posted by the new members of the blog team, coming from all over Europe. Of course, the heart of this blog will be formed by fantastic projects, tutorials, videos and COPIC news. And obviously, the blog will be coloured or edited with COPIC markers. Therefore, we are looking for members for the blog team across Europe. If you meet the requirements listed below – don’t hesitate and sign up for the team. We will then select the members of the team. The blog will be written in English and German. As a compensation for your efforts, you will receive COPIC products. You can also post the entries in your own blog – we will integrate a link to your blog in our site.

We will also link the blog to our existing COPIC marker Facebook account.

Currently, there are two team members working on the launch of the blog: Lydia Boode and Diny Sprakel. We are looking for at least two team members from each country. We are also looking for contributors from the Netherlands.

If you would like to participate in this team for at least six months, send an e-mail with your blog or internet address to: copiceurope@gmail.com. You can also add a couple of projects to this e-mail so that we are better able to assess your qualities.

The closing date is 30 June 2011.

You should:

Have fun working with COPIC markers and have a good colouring/working technique

Post your entries on time, we are aiming at 2 entries per month

Have good writing skills in German or English

Be an active blogger, post several entries per week

Be prepared to comment on other blogs

Be prepared to draw up tutorials or possibly make videos

Be able to make good project photos

Be involved, open-minded and a team player

Take responsibility for the quality of the blog

Come up with original ideas

Note: Unless otherwise stated, you are free to choose paper and imprints.

If you came here from the wonderful Erica you´re on the right track. If not make sure to start the hop over at the Simply Sassy Blog. You even should go back there if you didn´t comment on each blog so far - among all of you that leaves a comment at each stop of the hop there will be picked on lucky girl that will get the whole set of new stamps! Isn´t this georgeous?! But we´ll check on the comments.... ;o)

I made a coupon book that I made as an adventcalendar. On the front there is this cute Secret Santa, colored traditionally in red and white. I put some Velvet Puffy Pen by Marvy on the fur parts of her dress to make it look cozy and fluffy. Matching the image and theme I went with stars and snowflakes as decoration and also added a little bell that really makes a sound.

And also on the inner pages I added a Simply Sassy image: Tammy. She´s perfect for the 1st of december - wintery but not too christmassy for the first. (I haven´t finished the other pages yet and also won´t fill them in before close to the 1st.)

About me

Hello!I am Kruemel - which means crumbs in german. My real name is Kathrin. I am 42 years old, married for the 2nd time - this time to Mr. right! - and mother to 3 wonderful girls, Vjelisa, 22 years, and the twins Pia and Natascha, 16 years. I love crafting since I was a kid - and now I am a cardmaker, stamper and scrapbooker. I work part time and also do the household but that still leaves me enough time for crafting - also because my husband works night shifts and is playing music in a band.Here I want to show you some of my creations - maybe they can give some inspiration to some of you.Have fun and thanks for looking!If you want to see bigger pics - please feel free to click on them.